If you haven’t already seen Britney’s “meltdown” from a few days ago, you can see some of them here.
I just want to state for the record that for a long time I did feel sorry for her, but those days are long past. The argument that people are following her around everywhere has gotten stale. She has more than enough money to move away from the people who amplify her complete mess of a life. Perhaps it would not eliminate the exposure entirely but it would certainly help.
The bottom line is that she puts herself in these disastrous situations. Plenty of other child stars have grown up well enough to at least fake some sense of normalcy in the public eye - Christina Aguilera, Jodie Foster, Justin Timberlake.
She chooses to not wear underwear, she chooses to cut off ties with her family, she chooses to party almost every night - even during a time when the court has her under a microscope to judge her parenting skills.
There is no doubt in my mind that she is extremely troubled and needs help - and she does get my sympathy there - but how many wake up calls does it take before you relent and go to rehab for the right reasons? Really - what does it take?
So these photos of her crying, to me, are something of a very very small victory, because it might mean she’s had a fraction of a wake up call. She needs to have many, many more. Because as frustrating as it is to watch her spiral out of control and endanger the lives of her children, down deep I really just want her to get better. Sure, if that means an awesome new career comeback, I’ll be happy. It’s just starting to get tiring to keep up with the trainwreck that is Britney Spears, and the jokes are wearing thin - it’s not funny any more, and it probably never was to begin with.